What Happened to NASA's Gateway to Space — Launch Complex 39



NASA's launch complex 39 was the gateway to the moon and the starting point for every Space Shuttle mission.
With the demise of the shuttle and the Constellation program what will happen to the space complex. Here we look at LC-39 and just what it does and how important it was in the past and will be in the future.
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STS-129 HD Launch



Space shuttle Atlantis and its six-member crew began an 11-day delivery flight to the International Space Station on Monday with a 2:28 p.m. EST launch from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The shuttle will transport spare hardware to the outpost and return a station crew member who spent more than two months in space.
Atlantis is carrying about 30,000 pounds of replacement parts for systems that provide power to the station, keep it from overheating, and maintain a proper orientation in space. The large equipment can best be transported using the shuttle's unique capabilities.

Inside a NASA Crawler Transporter — Full



This is the full length movie that was in three parts on my page.
Filmed at Kennedy Space Center in 2000.

How to Land the Space Shuttle… from Space



NOT AN ASTRONAUT; NO AFFILIATION WITH NASA. I was dressed up for Halloween. Presented on October 31st, 2016 at Stack Overflow’s Remote Meetup in Philadelphia. #PhillyCheeseStack
If you want to try landing the shuttle for yourself for fun, try F-Sim www.f-sim.com/ (I have no affiliation… just a fan).
Sorry about the autofocus (we disabled it in later talks). Me running around on stage didn't help. As always, send complaints to Steve.
If you're interested in more details on reentry and landing, I also wrote an answer on Stack Exchange Aviation: aviation.stackexchange.com/questions/21981/how-does-the-space-shuttle-slow-down-on-the-re-entry-descent-and-landing/23889#23889
— This was one of nine «Tiny Talks» given over three days at the meetup. Every year, employees submit Tiny Talk ideas on a wide range of topics (some completely random and not company-related at all, like this one) and we vote on which ones we want to hear. So, thank you to my coworkers for voting me in.
Original proposal description I submitted for this talk:
Let's say you're traveling at about 17,500 miles per hour (28,000 km/h) in low earth orbit, your main engines are out of fuel, and it's your job to guide the spaceship through a fiery re-entry without burning up or skipping out of the atmosphere, navigate to your landing site, and arrive with just enough energy to make an unpowered landing on a runway which is halfway around the planet from where you started. And, of course, either you succeed on your first try, or everyone dies. So, no pressure…. In this talk, I'll show you how space shuttle designers, pilots, and autopilots managed to do just that.
— All real-life photos and videos (except the last slide) were produced by NASA. Everything that looks hand-drawn was done by me on a Wacom Intuos Pro tablet in ArtRage. Animations were done in After Effects. Between the concept, outline, script, artwork, animations, rehearsals, and editing, I spent somewhere around 200 hours over two months working on it. Very little time was spent researching. In case it wasn't obvious, I've been more than a little obsessed with the topic for years now.

SLS manufacturing: Orion spacecraft — launch platform — core stage & boosters



A video compilation of the manufacturing, construction and assembly of the NASA Orion Spacecraft, and the Space Launch System rocket boosters and core stage, at various rocket factories and centers throughout the United States and Europe.
The first test flight of SLS is scheduled for 2019, and the first manned flight in 2021 or 2022

Crawler Transporter for Children | Truck Tunes for Kids | Twenty Trucks Channel | Space Shuttle



They’ve got a singular job, just one thing to do, the Crawler Transporters, Crawler 1, Crawler 2.
They carry Space Vehicles to the launch site. These two behemoths work with all of their might!
Kids LOVE these songs about trucks and work vehicles! Sing along as you watch the Crawler Transporter in action.
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LYRICS
CRAWLER TRANSPORTER
Crawler
Crawler Transporter
Crawler
Oh, oh, oh
Crawler Transporter
Traveling when loaded
Just one mile per hour
Their job’s not about speed
But stability and power
They carried the rockets
That put man on the moon
And every Space Shuttle
Rode these awesome trucks, too
They’ve got a singular job
Just one thing to do
The Crawler Transporters
Crawler 1, Crawler 2
They carry Space Vehicles
To the launch site
These two behemoths
Work with all of their might
They operate safely
With a 30-person crew
Each driver sits in cabs
And each crawler has two
Their steering wheels
May seem terribly small
But their electronics
Are what manage their crawl
They’ve got a singular job
Just one thing to do
The Crawler Transporters
Crawler 1, Crawler 2
They carry Space Vehicles
To the launch site
These two behemoths
Work with all of their might
Each transport weighs
More than 6 million pounds
They carry twice as much
Doesn’t that just astound?
Each has two engines
And two generators
They use a leveling system
And they’re guided by lasers
Powerfully built
Expertly they’re maintained
They’ve been out hard at work
For more than five decades
At the National NASA Kennedy
Space Center
May they keep on working
Forever and ever
They’ve got a singular job
Just one thing to do
The Crawler Transporters
Crawler 1, Crawler 2
They carry Space Vehicles
To the launch site
These two behemoths
Work with all of their might
Oh, they’re the Crawler
Crawler Transporter
Crawler 1, Crawler 2
Crawler
Oh, oh, oh
Crawler Transporter
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Apollo 11 Saturn V Launch Camera E-8



This clip is raw from Camera E-8 on the launch umbilical tower/mobile launch program of Apollo 11, July 16, 1969.
This is an HD transfer from the 16mm original. Even more excellent footage is available on our DVDs at our website at www.spacecraftfilms.com
The camera is running at 500 fps, making the total clip of over 8 minutes represent just 30 seconds of actual time.

NASA's 6 million pound crawler-transporter carries rockets



Rockets can't just drive themselves to the launchpad — so NASA has two of the biggest vehicles ever built to get them there. Weighing in at 6 million pounds, the crawler-transporters have been in use since the Apollo program to get vehicles from the assembly building to the launch facility.
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Space Shuttle Era: Launch Pads



The launch pads for space shuttles don't fly, but they require meticulous care and precision to make a successful mission.

STS-133 The Final Launch of Space Shuttle Discovery including T-5 hold



This video includes clips starting at L-28 minutes showing the computer problems, additional T-5 hold added to the count, Go/No-Go statuses and ascent information for OV-103 or Space Shuttle Discovery. Launch was on Feb 24th, 2011 and this is the last time Space Shuttle Discovery will ever fly.